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US9450362B2
US9450362B2 US14/590,523 US201514590523A US9450362B2 US 9450362 B2 US9450362 B2 US 9450362B2 US 201514590523 A US201514590523 A US 201514590523A US 9450362 B2 US9450362 B2 US 9450362B2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/06—Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
    • H01R12/714—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit

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  • the invention relates to a connector structure, and particularly relates to a connector structure having a flexible connecting piece.
  • a connector structure is provided, which is switchable via a floating structure.
  • a connector structure is provided, adapted for connecting with an external connector.
  • the connector structure includes a chassis, a first electronic assembly, a flexible connecting piece and a second electronic assembly.
  • the chassis has an opening.
  • the first electronic assembly includes a first pin-set.
  • the flexible connecting piece is located on the surrounding of the first pin-set, and the first electronic assembly is connected with the chassis by the flexible connecting piece, so that first pins are exposed from the opening.
  • the second electronic assembly is located inside the chassis and includes a second pin-set, wherein the second pin-set is located below the first pin-set and keeps a distance from the first pin-set.
  • the external connector is electrically connected with the first pin-set for deforming the flexible connecting piece, such that the first pin-set moves downward and is electrically connected with the second pin-set.
  • the first electronic assembly since the first electronic assembly is connected to the chassis via the flexible connecting piece and keeps a distance from the second pin-set of the second electronic assembly, the first electronic assembly and the second electronic assembly remain a broken circuit when the external connector has not been connected with the first electronic assembly. Furthermore, when the external connector is connected with and presses the first pin-set of the first electronic assembly, not only the flexible connecting piece is forced and deformed, but the first pin-set is also able to move downward to be electrically connected with the second pin-set of the second electronic assembly to realize the state of electrical conductance.
  • the connector structure provides the first electronic assembly as the floating switch between the external connector and the second electronic assembly via the flexible connecting piece, so as to achieve the effect of electrical connection or broken circuit.
  • the connector structure is exposed from the chassis with the non-electrified first electronic assembly, and thereby the condition of short circuit or electrolysis does not happen even if exposed to a damp environment.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a connector structure according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a partial perspective view of the connector structure.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the connector structure in FIG. 1 in another state.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a connector structure applied to an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a connector structure according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • a connector structure 100 includes a chassis 110 , a first electronic assembly 120 , a flexible connecting piece 130 and a second electronic assembly 140 .
  • the connector structure 100 is adapted for being disposed in a variety of electronic devices (not shown), so as to be electrically connected to an external connector 200 of other electronic devices to achieve the function of power transmission or data transmission.
  • the chassis 110 has an opening 112 .
  • the first electronic assembly 120 includes a first pin-set 122 and a first substrate 124 .
  • the first substrate 124 has a top surface 124 a and a bottom surface 124 b opposite to each other, and the size of the opening 112 is greater than the size of the first substrate 124 .
  • the first pin-set 122 includes a plurality of first pins 122 a and a plurality of second pins 122 b , wherein the first pins 122 a and the second pins 122 b are disposed respectively on two surfaces opposite to each other of the first substrate 124 . More specifically, the first pins 122 a are disposed on the top surface 124 a of the first substrate 124 , and the second pins 122 b are disposed on the bottom surface 124 b of the first substrate 124 .
  • first pins 122 a and the second pins 122 b respectively penetrate the top surface 124 a and the bottom surface 124 b of the first substrate 124 , so that the first pins 122 a correspond respectively to a plurality of second pins 122 b and are electrically connected to the plurality of second pins 122 b.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a partial perspective view of the connector structure.
  • the flexible connecting piece 130 of the embodiment is located on the surrounding the first pin-set 122 on the first substrate 124 and is connected between the first substrate 124 and the chassis 110 , so as to seal a gap G (shown in FIG. 1 ) between the chassis 110 and the first substrate 124 at the opening 112 .
  • the first substrate 124 floats at the opening 112 via the flexible connecting piece 130 , so that the first pin-set 122 is exposed at the opening 112 .
  • the flexible connecting piece 130 is, for example, rubber or other materials having both flexibility and elasticity, but the invention is not limited thereto.
  • the flexible connecting piece 130 may further be formed of waterproof materials and connected to the chassis 110 and the first electronic assembly 120 in a water resistant manner, so as to prevent outside liquids from permeating into the chassis 110 to achieve the effect of water resistance.
  • the second electronic assembly 140 is disposed within the chassis 110 , and the second electronic assembly 140 includes a second pin-set 142 and a second substrate 144 .
  • the second pin-set 142 is located beneath the first pin-set 122 , and the second substrate 144 is disposed within the chassis 110 .
  • the second pin-set 142 has a plurality of third pins 142 a , and the third pins 142 a are disposed on the second substrate 144 .
  • the first pins 122 a in the first pin-set 122 faces away from the second pin-set 142
  • the second pins 122 b faces the second pin-set 142
  • each of the second pins 122 b has a convex contour
  • each of the third pins 142 a has a concave contour. Therefore, by means of the structural feature of complementary contours, the second pins 122 b properly correspond to the third pins 142 a .
  • the embodiment does not impose limitation on the contour configuration of each of the pins, which means a contour configuration that enables proper connection of the second pins with the third pins is applicable to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the connector structure in FIG. 1 in another state.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the state of the first electronic assembly in a first position
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the state when the first electronic assembly is connected with an external connector and located at a second position. The switching process of the connector structure 100 between the two states are described below.
  • the external connector 200 is, for example, a Pogo Pin, but the invention is not limited thereto.
  • the first electronic assembly 120 is maintained at a first position P 1 in a floating state via the flexible connecting piece 130 .
  • the second electronic assembly 140 is located beneath the first electronic assembly 120 .
  • the second pin-set 142 is away from the first pin-set 122 and keeps a distance d 1 .
  • the embodiment defines in FIG. 3 that a second axial direction L 2 is perpendicular to the first axial direction L 1 . As shown in FIG. 3 , each of the second pins 122 b has respectively a width W 1 in the second axial direction L 2 .
  • the deformable range of the flexible connecting piece 130 along the second axial direction L 2 is smaller or equal to half the width W 1 of each of the second pins 122 b in the embodiment.
  • the second pins 122 b are able to be limited by the deformation range of the flexible connecting piece 130 and be connected with the third pins 142 b more accurately.
  • the flexible connecting piece 130 drives the first electronic assembly 120 away from the second electronic assembly 140 via resilience, so that the first substrate 124 is repositioned to the state as shown in FIG. 1 . That is, the first electronic assembly 120 is able to reposition to the state not pressed by the external connector 200 via resilience of the flexible connecting piece 130 , i.e. repositioning from the second position P 2 to the first position P 1 , so that in the connector structure 100 that is not in use, the first electronic assembly 120 and the second electronic assembly 140 resume the state of broken electrical circuit.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a connector structure applied to an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • an electronic device 20 takes a notebook computer as an example, and a base 10 is deemed an expanded means (docking base) of the notebook computer, but the invention is not limited thereto.
  • the connecting structure 100 of the embodiment is disposed on the base 10 , and the electronic device 20 is detachably mounted onto the base 10 , such that the base 10 is electrically connected to the electronic device 20 via the connector structure 100 to achieve the effect that the electronic device 20 performs data transmission or function expansion with the base 10 via the connector structure 100 .
  • the connector structure provides the first electronic assembly as the floating switch between the external connector and the second electronic assembly via the flexible connecting piece, so as to achieve the function of electrical connection or broken circuit.

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